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Donald Trump is having a demented late night meltdown as everything is falling apart. Here's what he posted moments ago. Wow, Gavin Newscomb just dropped out of the presidential race. President djt do you think this guy has dementia? Then Donald Trump posts the following this is the Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, calling out every single member of Barack Obama's National Security Syndicate one by one. John Brennan, James Clapper James Comey and Susan Rice. Uh, Donald, you seem to not be doing all that well right now as your poll numbers are collapsing, as you're crashing the. You believe that California Governor Gavin Newsom is running for president, right? Hello, Earth to Donald. Are you there, big guy? Or I should say little guy. Are you there? And then you're talking about Obama's national security team. Donald Trump is truly demented. Then he reposts the following as well. The world has peace because he turned his head. This as the United States is on the eve of war with Iran as a result of Donald Trump and his threats to now invade Iran. You've got war spreading across the world right now. Uh, Russia continues to attack Ukraine more than ever. Um, you still have significant, significant atrocities being committed in Palestine, in Gaza, by Israeli forces there. But I guess for Donald Trump, it's a world peace is here. Then they said, Donald Trump goes, they tried to smear him, they tried to spy on him, they tried to frame him, they tried to deplat him, they tried to bankrupt him, they tried to assassinate him. Oh, by the way, but wasn't it a Trump supporter who was at Mar a Lago? The same way was a Trump supporter in Butler, but wasn't there a Trump supporter at Mar a Lago the other day with that shotgun? And they were ultra maga. And he said, and ultimately he was telling his friends that he was obsessed with the Trump cover up of the child sex trafficking ring. Not to mention Donald Trump continues to post these AI videos of himself pretending to be a hockey player punching the Canadian hockey players in the face. This as the American women's gold winning hockey team has canceled their visit to the White House after Donald Trump mocked and demeaned the gold winning women's hockey team. So despicable, so disgraceful with the men's hockey team. A moment that should have been actually celebrating the men's hockey team winning gold. Right? I mean, it's a big deal accomplishment. You had Cash Patel, who's covering up the pedo ring with Donald Trump chugging beers. And then Donald Trump going on speakerphone, mocking the women's hockey team. Again, just disgraceful behavior. And then the men's hockey team laughed at it as well. Just a horrible way to treat anybody. A horrible way to treat women. A horrible way to treat the women's hockey team. And then Donald Trump posting videos of himself punching Canadian hockey players in the face. Then after news has been reported that Donald Trump's chairman of the Joint Chiefs, General Kane, has been telling people that none of our allies, allies want to provide any help at all. Everybody's abandoned the United States regarding Donald Trump's attempt to go to war with Iran and that we don't have the resources, we don't have the capabilities. Donald Trump then post this. This is demented. This is post, post, post, post, post. Donald Trump posts Numerous stories from the fake news media have been circulating stating that General Daniel Kane, sometimes referred to as Raisin, is against us going to war with Iran. The story does not attribute this vast wealth of knowledge to anyone and is 100%. General Kane, like all of us, would like to not see war. But if a decision is made on going against Iran at a military level, it is his opinion that it will be something easily won. He knows Iran well and that he was in charge of Midnight Hammer, the attack on the Iranian nuclear development. Pause. Didn't you say that totally obliterated Iran's nuclear capabilities, but now we need to obliterate something that was totally obliterated? Didn't you promise the protesters in Iran in early January that you were going to help them if they went out and protested? But now 30,000 plus protesters were massacred by the Ayatollah. We didn't even have military capabilities to help those protesters out because our military capabilities were in the Caribbean, off the coast of the Venezuela where you invaded Venezuela, propped up a Maduro stooge and Delsey Rodriguez, steal their oil, sell it to your right wing oligarch buds, take the money, stick it in a Qatari bank account for yourself, create a Board of Peace which is only joined by authoritarian regimes. Then you give $10 billion of American taxpayer dollars to the Board of Peace which is connected to you. And so you basically stole $10 billion to give yourself that amount of money. You despicable, vile thing, you. Anyway, Donald Trump goes on to say in this it is a development no longer, but rather was blown to smithereens by our great B2 bombers. Raisin Cain is a great fighter and represents the most powerful military anywhere in the world. He has not spoken of not doing Iran or even the fake limited strikes that I have been reading about. He only knows one thing, how to win. And if he is told to do so, he will be leading the pack. Everything that has been written about a potential war with Iran has been written incorrectly and purposefully. So I am the one that makes decisions. I would rather have a deal than not. But if we don't make a deal, it will be a very bad day for that country and very sadly its people because they are great and wonderful and something like this should never happen to them. You caused 30,000 of them to be massacred. The blood is on your hands. Not to mention the millions of people you killed from demolishing USAID. The blood is on your hands.
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A S also the lawsuits are flooding in as well. FedEx suing the United States to get a full refund after the Supreme Court struck down the IPA tariffs. FedEx sues the United States to get the Full refunds after the Supreme Court finds that Donald Trump violated the law right there. And our markets were a tumbling today. Horrible, horrible, horrible. The stock market was down significantly. The Dow, you know the Dow. The Dow is $50. No, it's at 48,000 now, down nearly a thousand points. The S and P was down over a percentage point, and The NASDAQ was down 1% as well. And it seems, folks, like it's just going to get worse and worse as Donald Trump continues to impose tariffs against the rest of the world. But you know who's a thriving right now? Um, the head of Binance. Remember the guy who Donald Trump pardoned? Remember that guy? About $1.7 billion flowed from two accounts at Binance, whose founder was pardoned by Trump, to Iranian entities with links to terrorist groups. A possible violation of global sanctions, investigators discovered. But Mike Lee, MAGA Republican senator, posted a photo of cartel hitmen wearing masks in the Guadalajara region, Mexico, in the Jalisco area over there, after the El Men show the leader of the biggest cartel there was killed by Mexican special forces. And the US Also claimed credit for it. So Mike Lee's point is cartel hitman wear masks. Leftists aren't complaining. So you're comparing ICE and Border Patrol Gestapo to cartel hitmen? Probably an accurate comparison, but, yeah, I think that both should not be wearing masks. How about that? Also, Prime Minister Carney traveling to India, Australia and Japan this week in his latest effort to cultivate trade ties as he seeks to wean Canada off its economic dependency with the United States. Fakarius Fazi rights. The BBC reports linking a Trans Atlantic partnership with a Trans Pacific partnership. You know the game, connect the dots. Yeah. The US Is being connected out of those dots. Isolated, never weaker because of Donald Trump and his despicable regime. But JD Van says there's a lot of great factories being built. A lot of great factories all over. They're popping up. We're not sure where they are, but there's factories everywhere. According to these liars. You can't lie. Y' all are covering up a child. Sex trafficking, rape. Okay? Y' all lie about every damn thing. But okay, J.D. let's hear what you got to say. J.D. okay, okay, okay, J.D. play this clip of reshoring manufacturing of all these great factories that are being built. But when they turn on and you're hiring thousands of American worker per factory, that's when the real Trump boom, I think, starts. I think he's going to talk about regulatory change, the importance. And then Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump's envoy to every country with, with zero diplomatic experience. He's out there saying, Putin's a great guy. Putin's the kind of guy who keeps his word, everybody. That's what they're saying.
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So hopefully you'll be hearing some good news in the coming weeks.
Podcast Host
Well, a lot of this does boil down to Vladimir Putin and I know you've dealt directly with him. So first of all, what is that like and how do you, with this position, go into dealing with some of these adversarial people?
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He's never been anything other than straight with me, and I say that and I get attacked. But that's an accurate statement. He's told me that this is what his red lines are. You know, Lara, I got attacked for going to meet him eight times. How would you make a deal with someone on the other side unless you knew where the other person was coming from? I needed to understand what his motivations were, his goals and so forth. And I actually think that a lot of those meetings now are becoming very relevant. We understand where they are and I don't think the Ukrainians disagree with us in our assessment. So I think those meetings were important and hopefully we're going to consummate this whole thing anyway.
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So despicable. There you have it, folks. Hit subscribe. What the hell was that Witkoff thing? You saw that clip? Hit subscribe. Let's get to 6 million subscribers. Thanks y' all for watching. Appreciate you. Oh, we're at 7. 7 million subscribers. I said 6 million. Go to 7 million subscribers is what I meant. Thanks.
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The MeidasTouch Podcast · February 24, 2026
This episode dives into former President Donald Trump’s recent late-night social media outbursts, discussing the mounting pressure and chaos in the White House as his administration faces legal troubles, geopolitical crises, and plummeting poll numbers. The Meiselas brothers break down Trump’s public meltdowns, the ramifications of his actions on both domestic and international affairs, and the increasing sense of panic as lawsuits and scandals pile up. The tone is a mix of sharp political analysis and the brothers' signature comedic banter, underlining their solid pro-democracy message.
The episode maintains the MeidasTouch Podcast’s established, energetic mix of political commentary and comedic sibling banter. The hosts passionately denounce Trump’s conduct as erratic and dangerous, using both serious analysis and sharp ridicule. They focus especially on the impacts of Trump’s actions on democracy, women’s sports, foreign policy, and the economy. The tone vacillates between incredulity (“What the hell was that Witkoff thing?” at 14:25), earnest outrage, and sardonic humor, ensuring listeners are both informed and entertained.
This episode presents a scathing, comprehensive analysis of Trump’s latest unraveling under political and legal pressures, painting a portrait of escalating chaos that, according to the brothers, endangers American democracy and isolates the U.S. internationally. The blend of hard news, humor, and sharp soundbites makes for a compelling listen and recap.